Agricultural Farm Manager Expert Witness

Qualifications:

Agricultural Consultant, Agronomist, Professional Farm Manager, Rural Appraiser, Farmer

Experience:

Agricultural consultant, 1983–present—Agricultural Consultants, providing agricultural- science, economics, management, and appraisal services.
Farmer, 1987–present. —Growing organic apples, peaches, cherries, apricots, field and seed crops.
Corporation secretary and consulting agronomist, 1977–1983—Hannesson, Riddle & Associates, Inc.

Professional affiliations: 

• American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers
• American Society of Agronomy
• Crop Science Society of America
• Soil Science Society of America
• California Certified Organic Farmers
• California Farm Bureau.

Accreditations:

Accredited Farm Manager (AFM), American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers, certificate no. 501. Certified Professional Agronomist (CPAg), American Registry of Certified Professionals in Agronomy, Crops. & Soils, Ltd., certificate no. 2319. Certified Crop Advisor CCA), American Registry of Certified Professionals in Agronomy, Crops. & Soils, Ltd. Accredited Rural Appraiser (ARA), American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers, certificate no. 749Certified General Appraiser in the State of California, license no. AG 001999. B.—These credentials have continuing-education requirements with which I am in compliance.

Education:

• S., Crop Ecology, University of California, Davis, 1975, with Honors
• Numerous courses from the University of California Extension in agricultural economics, crop management, real estate, & hazardous waste management
• Cornell University Certificate Program, Implementing Good Agricultural Practices: A Key to Produce Safety
• Courses of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers: Principles of Rural Appraisal
•  Advanced Rural Appraisal
• Eminent Domain
• Report Writing School
•  Economics of Farm Management
• Principles of Farm Management
•  Standards and Ethics
• Permanent Plantings Seminar
• Standards and Ethics for Farm Managers
• ASFMRA Code of Ethics
• National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Courses of the Appraisal Institute: Basic Valuation Procedures Real Estate Statistics and Valuation Modeling Advanced Income Capitalization Valuation of Conservation Easements Certificate Program Condemnation Appraising: Principles and Applications Appraising the Appraisal How Tenants Create or Destroy Value: Leasehold Valuation and Its Impact on Value.

Speaking engagements: 

• Guest lecturer, University of Florida at Gainesville–Vegetable Crops Department. Seminar on transition to organic agriculture, November 1994.
• Featured program speaker, 1995 annual Eco-Farm Conference. Lecture on economics of organic-apple production, Asilomar, California, 1995.
• Guest speaker, multiple events of Community Alliance with Family Farmers. Presentations on farm management and agricultural economics, 1996 and 1997.
• Instructor, American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers. Course “M-12”, Standards and Ethics for Professional Farm Managers, March 1997.
• Guest speaker, American Horticultural Society. Lecture entitled Challenges of Organic Stone Fruit Production, Sacramento, California, July 2001.
• Organizer and presenter, Going Organic Kickoff Meetings. A program of California Certified Organic Farmers, November 2005 and December 2006.
• Master of ceremonies, annual meeting of California Certified Organic Farmers. Sacramento, California, February 2006.
• Featured program speaker, 2012 annual Eco-Farm Conference. Lecture entitled Imitating Natural Systems: Towards an Indigenous Agro-forestry, Asilomar, California, 2012.
• Seminar presentation, American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers. Rapid Fire Seminar: What Makes for Comparable Sales in Condemnation Appraisal —Reno, Nevada, October 2013.
• Featured program speaker, 2014 annual Eco-Farm Conference. Lecture entitled Food Safety Regulatory Compliance in Fruit Orchards, Asilomar, California, 2014.

Expert-witness court testimony: Available upon request.

Awards: Available upon request.

Publications: Available upon request.